Wolf recovery in Sweden and Norway
Anders Bjärvall, The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Blekholmsterrassen 36, S-10648 Stockholm, Sweden

Over-protection of wolves in Poland: Costs and consequences for the species
Boguslaw Bobek, Department of Wildlife Research, Jagiellonian University, Jngardena 6, 30060 Krakow, Poland

Status of the wolf in Canada
Ludwig Carbyn, Canadian Wildlife Service, 4999 98th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Edmonton, AB T6B 2X3, Canada

Status of the wolf in Spain
Javier Castroviejo, Panama No. 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain

Status of the wolf in China
Gao Zhong Xin, Northeast Forestry Institute, Wildlife Management Department, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, P. R. China

Status and distribution of wolves in Romania
Ovidiu Ionescu, Ministry of Environment Romsilva, Forest Research and Management Institute, Str Closca 13, RO-2200 Brasov, Romania

The wolf situation in Mongolia
Tungalagtuya Khuukhenduu, World Wide Fund Office in Mongolia, PO Box 737, Ulaanbaatar 46, Mongolia; Dulamtseren Sanduin, Institute of Biology, Academy of Science of Mongolia, PO Box 1257, Ulaanbaatar 36, Mongolia; Tserendeleg Jachingiin, Mongolian Association for the Conservation of Nature and the Environment, PO Box 1160, Ulaanbaatar 36, Mongolia

The status of the wolf in Saudi Arabia
Iyad A. Nader, King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre, National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, PO Box 61681, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Status of the wolf in Russia
Nikita G. Ovsianikov, Menzinskogo 25, KV 28, 129327 Moscow, Russia